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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Art & Fashion, Live Action

Ssssh! – Zara Waldeback

Zara Waldeback introduces us to a long, long sleepless night in Ssssh!

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Animation

City Paradise – Gaëlle Denis

London can be an unnerving city when you're from out of town. Good job singing subterranean aliens are on hand to dispel the outsider blues.

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Live Action

Push – Steven Hore

Steven Hore's Push is a touching tale of a man, a woman and the birth of their adult son.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

Finisterre – Kieran Evans & Paul Kelly

Saint Etienne's 'Finisterre' provides an insider's perspective of the city of London.

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Art & Fashion

Left or Right for Love – Magali Charrier

A woman sinks into a milk bath and floats for joy at the arrival of her man in a box. It must be love.

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Animation, Music Video

Another Song About Guilt and Death – Bob Dixon

Bob Dixion presents a neon romance road movie music video for Cheeseburger's Another Song about Guilt and Death

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Animation

Dialog – Stephen Irwin

Robot suicides lead the creator to look in on the inhabitants of the miniture town Clusterville in Stephen Irwin's animation Dialog

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Live Action

15 – Royston Tan

Royston Tan had 27 cuts applied to his feature 15 when it was given a limited release in his native Singapore, due to its potential for "the promotion

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Live Action

All Over Brazil – David Ward

The first of the old print Directors Notes features director David Ward's excellently glam 1970s era short All Over Brazil

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News

All talk, no action

Well I wouldn’t want you to get that impression, so while we’re getting our heads around feeds, hosting and how to actually record Skype

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News

And so it begins…almost

I suppose it would be polite for me to kick off with a warm, friendly hello to you, the visitor of the Directors Notes blog/podcast, swiftly followed by our

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